4.) 30 Jun 2017 23:38:37
Strangely, after reading the reports, especially about him talking to great length about his friend Sadio Mané, I would think he is very interested in joining us. Also, if a serious journo like Gabriel Marcotti says we agreed a deal with him in principle, I'm pretty sure he wants to come.

There's just this tiny issue of agreeing a transfer sum with the moneybags of Red Bull.

5.) 30 Jun 2017 23:52:39
If he proves to be that good in a pool jersey, as soon as a real Madrid, Barcelona offer him the chance to join them he will be gone. But we have to realise that all our players are just using our beloved club as a stepping stone until we start challenging for champions league final appearances again. Keita, VVD, Salah or Coutinho or any of our squad aren't playing for our club because of their Liverpool love/ desire/ live long dream to play for us. Gerrard and Carragher were the last of that scouse blood. Gerrard had transfer possibilities every year but he couldn't leave because he has scouse blood but football is a different sport now. Its all about €s and £s. Sure look at the academy the majority of the kids aren't scouse.

7.) 02 Jul 2017 12:23:40
Brussels red when you say we do you mean the club or people on here. In light of what the eds have said it sounds like the club doesn't need to move on because it wasn't there anyway. Can say pretty much 90% of what I see in the press about LFC transfers has been media and agent fabricated or exagerated bull so not really down to the club.

10 Jan 2019 13:52:09
I think Fabinho is going to end up as a cult figure at Liverpool, like his compatriot Lucas, and like Kuyt and Hypia. I know he hasn't played a great deal yet, but he's started to show himself as a quality defensive midfielder who also picks out great forward passes. Not only that, but versatile too - he had a decent game against Wolves in a position I'm guessing is unfamiliar to him. Great signing in my opinion and a future cult hero.

As a side note, I was reading a post yesterday asking to pick one player we would like to sign. For me it would be Lozano - he has the pace to fit into a Liverpool attack and also end product.

Adam

1.) 10 Jan 2019 16:42:11
I think Fabinho could end up at CB after watching him against Wolves. He seems to have a knack for spotting danger and puts himself in decent positions to stop balls going through and crosses coming in. Not to mention he’s decent in the air.
Remember City signed Kompany as a defensive midfielder and he’s been immense at the back for them when he’s not injured.
I think Fab could end up being our Kompany.

2.) 10 Jan 2019 17:37:14
I don't think that will be the case BB. Maybe if Gomez wasn't around then Klopp may look which is the easiest area to get a replacement for, but the fact that Gomez and VVD are so good together, I think Fabinho will revert back to playing the role he was bought for.

3.) 10 Jan 2019 17:52:43
Fabinho is not particularly effective in heading the ball and that is crucial for a CB in the English game. And Gomez is far better at tackling. I prefer he stay at DM where his skills are far better suited.

5.) 10 Jan 2019 21:11:50
Fab has the ability yo fill in at cb coz he is obviously a clever player.

But, he is a CM who would be wasted at CB. His directness and confidence to turn on the ball and look forward is brilliant. And I think he has goals in him. Both headers and long range shots. You don't take penalties if you can't kick a ball.

Agree though, great signing, sealed the deal before utd got out of bed. So they signed free who has barely Played.

6.) 11 Jan 2019 08:24:23
Maybe later in his career when he loses some pace, think about moving him back there, why would we consider it now when we have a brilliant youngster and a Rolls Royce back there?

7.) 11 Jan 2019 13:41:00
I’m with you on Gomez of course but whenever we have a big game Klopp puts Gomez at right back and Matip or Lovren alongside VVD.
If Klopp doesn’t fancy Trent at RB I think we could do far worse than Fab and VVD at CB with Gomez at RB and try to transition Trent into the midfield?
Just a thought as I was really impressed with Fabinho’s reading of the game when he was at CB considering he had 2 kids on one side of him and Moreno on the other.
Imagine him and VVD being able to bring the ball out from the back and ping 60 yard passes to Mane and Salah.
Sends shivers down my spine just thinking about it.

8.) 11 Jan 2019 20:50:54
BB, Always loved Fab and knew he only needed time to adapt to LFC and the PL. He is still adapting by the way so let us give him time to get going cos there are still flaws in his game like dallying on the ball, passing and decision-making under pressure. Also, comparing Kompany to Fab is a bit of a stretch.

Kompany was an accomplished CB coming out of the Anderlecht academy and was so good at 17 (made his CL debut also at 17) that Fergie wanted him at Utd. Fab is a natural RB and made his debut for Real madrid under Mou at RB. He went to Monaco also as a RB but got switched to DM by the manager and we know the rest.

Also, everyone knows that Klopp plays Gomez at RB in bigger games cos he is more defensively sound than TAA, who is more offensively sound than Gomez. It is not a case of Klopp not fancying TAA. It has more to do with who we play and the threat we have to face even tho I think Gomez should stay at CB and keep learning while we get another RB in to challenge TAA.

06 Nov 2018 17:17:19
Hey chaps, not Liverpool related but I hope this can please be posted and someone may be able to help me. I'm current working on a project and looking for idiomatic phrases used to describe playing passing football. For example "pass and move". That's the only one I know, I believe people also say "touch and go". I'm basically looking for synonyms of "pass and move". If anyone or the eds have any phrases that come to mind it would really help me. Cheers!

22 Aug 2018 09:54:46
Anyone else think Karius should have pushed for a move to a better league? Perhaps a smaller club in La Liga. I think how he deals with the Madrid match will either make or break his career. If he spent more hours after training, worked on his concentration and the mental side of his game he would improve a great deal. I really think incidences like the final can make you a stronger person. Good luck to him. Actually disappointed he didn't stay at Liverpool but I guess with the abuse he was getting it was no longer possible.

Adam

1.) 22 Aug 2018 10:38:32
One Karius memory that always stood out was when I was at Anfield for a match against Sunderland a few years back and Karius attempted a pass to the right back under no real pressure and got it all wrong and kicked it out for a corner to Sunderland bringing the pressure on us when the game was 0-0. Nothing came of it but he always seemed to be capable of a lapse in concentration like that.
I do hope he can rebuild his reputation in the coming years. He is only 25 and did quite well at times. Maybe he just wasn't suited to being in a team that controls the game for vast spells and then is suddenly called into action.

27 May 2018 12:35:29
Now that the season is over and we have qualified again for the Champion's League and got as far as the final, what are all of your opinions on how we can improve for the next season?

One thing I would like to see is exploring putting Solanke as a CF in front of the usual 3, like in the last match of the season. Very attack orientated and would also give Solanke a run of games.

I would like to see Sturridge move on to a club abroad, like Sevilla, where he would hopefully thrive in a new climate and lifestyle change.

I would also like to see what Keita can do and hopefully one more midfielder Fekir to come in and hope that they would both provide quality and make things happen.

I would like to see Salah have an even better second season. And also Robertson, it would be great to see him improve on his season this year.

Finally, it would be interesting to see how Wijnaldum performs alongside Keita and maybe someone like Fekir. My mate and I were saying yesterday that he was the only midfielder who was trying to push forward, pass the ball forward and also win tackles. I think he would be great as a defence-minded midfielder who wins balls and brings it forward to our attacking players. Really thought he was decent last night.

Adam

1.) 27 May 2018 13:33:11
Hi Adam, made you in agreement with me that there is no place for Henderson then?

My midfield 3 will be :
Fekir Ox and Keita. These 3 will break opposing lines at will.

3.) 27 May 2018 14:55:55
John Lennon - I think Wiljnaldum would do that defensive job better than Henderson to be honest and he also looks to burst forward and create things. What he doesn't seem to do ix provide defensive-splitting passes, but as a defensive-midfielder his sweep up play and charges forward would be very effective in my opinion behind Keita, Ox/ Fekir. I think he would be much better than Henderson personally.

4.) 27 May 2018 15:53:39
Yeah I wouldn't disagree with you Adam, I do like Gini at the 6 too. I'm just fed up of the previous posters "I told you so attitude" about Henderson. Henderson will never be appreciated by the fan base because he's not Steven Gerrard, and I find that frustrating. Hendo was immense in the city game, mopping up and calming things down time and time again. Roma game he bullied Nainggolan, something that can't be underestimated.

26 May 2018 22:06:57
Before all of the abuse starts to arrive, I just want to say a big thank you to the editors for providing an awesome site that I've been enjoying since the days of football rumours. Thank you very much and please keep it going as I love it and I'm sure many others do too.

We need a big summer I think. One silver lining is that we have progressed over the years to have managed to get into a European cup final, now it's time to take a step further.

Adam

1.) 26 May 2018 22:40:07
Agreed mate, I honestly think tonight's game was like a pantomime story of what the club needs too consistently b at the top of our league also Europe an that is quality qaulity and more quality if we replace the keeper with butland we either stand still or go backwards cos he is not the answer we need a top top keeper to keep us in good shape for years too come, it's great experience for the young kids like Trent robbo an lads on bench, u have too look at our squad compare too there's they are packed with experienced winners who together are a world class team, I really hope we invest properly as this could be the making of a great team, have too mention the goal from bale was insanely ridiculous an I am still in shock at how good that unfortunately was, I knew he would have a say in this match, anyways let's keep in mind how well this squad has done with the ups and downs of players leaving also players injured an not too mention klopps assistant walking out on his team, let's keep our chin up as 4th an champions league final at start of the season coming from qualifying rounds is pretty acceptable.

2.) 26 May 2018 22:42:59
Exactly Adam. I won't be abusing anyone, not even Karius. He pulled off some top saves to get us in the final. Second best team in Europe this year and I'm proud of the team and I'm proud of the manager.

We need a few players in the summer, our bench had no impact. But we performed incredibly this year. Thanks for the memories lfc. X.

3.) 26 May 2018 23:08:12
Abuse is different to criticising and critically speaking
the goalkeeper situation needs to be addressed this summer with a top top keeper either Oblak or Becker and both Karius and Mignolet need to be moved on. Depth in squad also needs fixing and Keita and Fekir will go a long way to doing that.

7.) 27 May 2018 00:14:59
I have to say, I meant abuse towards the editors in my post rather than the players. I agree that there's a balance between criticism towards our players and abuse and I imagine Karius will receive a lot of both over the next few weeks.

I think hailstones made a good point that this match will be good experience (in a weird way) for the likes of TAA who has a big future. But we need to sign some quality players this summer and keep our best players so that we go into next season a better team having hopefully learnt some lessons too.

12 Jan 2019 19:10:28
I just remember that free kick he scored against Brighton, absolute magic. The guy is top quality, Shaq isn't in the same league. He would bring so much creativity for that front 3. But the way he acted was disgraceful and he's burnt his bridges here, sadly.

26 Oct 2018 00:15:35
Christiano Ronaldo was the best deal in the Premier League. He arrived fairly cheap, won lots at United and became arguably the best/ second best (if you think Messi is better) player in the world before being sold at a massive profit. Salah is nowhere near that level yet.